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1.1 The Gods
What are the two key words to rem...,
What is polytheism,
What is anthropomorphism
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1.1 The Gods (naming And Understanding)
Who is zeus and what are some com...,
Who is poseidon and what are some...,
Who is hades and what are some co...
14
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1.1 The Gods (stupid roman OCR Shit Heads)
Who is jupiter and what are some ...,
Who is neptune and what are some ...,
Who is pluto and what are some co...
14
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Heracles: Background
Who where heracles parents and wh...,
Who was hercules dad explain why,
What form did zeus take to avoid ...
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Heracles Twelve Labours
What is the list of the labors,
Labour namean lion info and stuff,
Labour the lernaean hydra info an...
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Heracles And Olympia
When where the olympic games founded,
Where is the story of pelops and ...,
Give a brief summary of the myth ...
10
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Rome And Hercules
Where did the roman s inherit the...
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Hercules And Cacus
When did this story take place,
Why did hercules end up meeting c...,
What stems from the story of cacu...
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The Cult Of Hercules In Rome
Because of which character did th...,
How did we get some information a...,
What did the annual ritual of the...
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The Lesser Adventures Of Hercules
Who was the story of hercules and...,
What lead theseus to here the sto...,
What is the plot of the story of ...
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Greek Santuary’s And Function Of Greek Temple
What was a sanctuary,
Where was a sanctuary usually loc...,
What is the important feature of ...
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The Greek Temple Building
What was the conventional shape o...,
How where the majority of temples...,
What are the 4 different structur...
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The Greek Temples Decoration
What are the two areas that were ...,
What could the decorations be rel...,
What was a pediment what could it...
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Greek Priests
What was the name for 1 a greek p...,
Why was the greeks names for prie...,
Conventionally which type would d...
14
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Greek Sacrifice
How would the greeks honor the go...,
What was the main way of offering...,
What is a blood sacrifice
9
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(1) The Preperation
What was the first part why,
What would participants wear,
What would happen to the animal p...
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(2) The Kill
What would happen after all the p...,
Once the hair where thrown into t...,
If a large animal was used what w...
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(3) The Sharing Of The Sacrifice
What happened after the animal wa...,
Who received the first portion an...,
How was the gods portion prepared
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Percicles And The Parthenon
What happened to athena with the ...,
What did the athenian defeat of p...,
Who was perciles and what did per...
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Location And Plan Of The Parthenon
What was the parthenon part of,
On entering the acropolis what wo...,
What was the south eastern corner...
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Parthenon Facts Quiz
Who was the lead architect of the...,
Where was the cult status to athe...,
Who designed the cult statue
12
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Athena And The Paethenon
What was the main temple to worsh...,
What did the erechtieon house,
What stood outside the erechtheion
15
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The Temple Of Zeus At Olympia
Where is the temple of zeus located,
Where is the temple of zeus situa...,
What is the altis
24
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Roman: Sanctuary And Temple Function
What was a roman sanctuary,
Where was the sanctuary usually l...,
What is important to note about r...
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Roman: Altar And Temple Building
What was the most important part ...,
Could an altar exist without a te...,
What was the altar used for
12
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Roman: Priests
In rome what is the priest hood a...,
What was the priest s role in rome,
How would priests uphold the pax ...
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Roman: The Pontifices + The Augurs
Who where the most important coll...,
What was the usual number of pont...,
Who headed the pontifices
13
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Roman: The Vestal Virgins
Who where the vestal virgins,
Who where they priestesses of,
How was the importance of being a...
14
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Roman: Haruspex
What is the origins of the haruspex,
What did the haruspex specialize in,
How did a haruspex carry out thei...
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Roman: Sacrifices
Did roman sacrifices follow the s...,
If something went wrong in the pr...,
What are the three parts of a sac...
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(1) Roman: Preperation
1 in a state sacrifice who would ...,
How would chosen citizens prepare...,
What happened to the animal first
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(2) Roman: The Kill
Once the procession reached the a...,
Who was a pops,
When and what did a popa do
6
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(3) Roman: The Sharing Of The Sacrifice
What happened post death to the a...,
Who received their share first an...,
What would a priest do whilst off...
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The Temple Of Portunus (Fortuna virulis)
What where the two names of the t...,
Who was portunus,
When was the temple of portunus c...
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The Pantheon
When and who commissioned the pan...,
What happened to the original pan...,
When and who built the new pantheon
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Myth And Belief
How did many cities name themselves,
How where city sprites passed down,
Why is hard to trust historical r...
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The Naming Of Athens
Where can we see the foundation s...,
Who founded the city where was th...,
At the time of the futures foundi...
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Theseus And Athens
Why is theseus important for athens,
Before he became king what did he...,
Why is the kylix showing theseus ...
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Theseus: Birth
Why was king aegsus at delphi and...,
Who did aegeus meet at trozen the...,
What did aethra see in a dream th...
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(1) Sinis
What was the second labor you don...,
Who was sinis,
How did theseus defeat sinis
5
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(2) Crommyonian Sow
What was different about this lab...,
What might sow refer to,
Where is the crommoyon sow on the...
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(3) Sciron
Who was sciron,
Who did theseus deal with him,
How is this depicted on the kylix
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(4) Cercyon
Where did theseus arrive at,
What would cercyon do,
What is important about this myth
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(5) Proceustes
Who was the last labor before the...,
What did proceustes do,
How did theseus overcome procrustes
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Theseus In Athens
When theseus arrives in athens wh...,
What did theseus do,
What did theseus therefore have t...
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(7) Theseus And The Minotaur
Why is the minotaur even a thing,
When theseus arrived in crete who...,
What happened between him and ari...
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Theseus As King Of Athens
What did theseus do as king,
What was the first and biggest re...,
How did theseus bring peace
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Theseus: Death, Burial And Importance
How did athens honor theseus,
What is theseus credited with doing,
How did this give athens its iden...
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The Life Of Livy
What is livys full name,
Where was livy born and when,
What sets livy apart from many ro...
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Livy As A Source For Roman History
Why do we have to be careful when...,
How did livy recount hisotry,
What was the significant event th...
5
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Aeneas’ Birth
Where are the details of aeneas b...,
How does the story of aeneas birt...,
So who where venus parents
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Aeneas And Tory And The Fall Of Tory
Where did aeneas grow up,
Since aeneas grew up in troy what...,
How is aeneas mentioned in the iliad
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The Wanderings Of Aeneas
What did aeneas do once troy was ...,
Who did aeneas initially flee with,
Who did he loose and why
15
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The Importance Of Aeneas To Rome
What does livy tell us,
When did livy and virgil write ab...,
Who was augustus
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Aeneas To Romulus
When aeneas died who took over,
What happened,
What did alba longa lead to
3
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The Founding Of Rome
What happened to romulus and remu...,
What did r and r do when they cam...,
What did the twins then decide to do
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Romuls And Remus Foundation Story
Who was the father of romulus and...,
Who was romulus and remus mother,
What happened to their mother
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Greece And Rome
Why is theseus important,
Why was romulus important,
Who compared the two
3
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The Life Of Plutarch
Where was plutarch born,
When did plutarch die,
Where did plutarch spend most of ...
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Plutarch As A Source For Greek And Roman History
What is different about livy and ...,
What was plutarch more concerned ...,
What sources did plutarch use
7
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Festivals In The Greek And Roman World
How did the greeks and romans div...,
How did greeks and romans gain th...,
How many days of where there in c...
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The Great Panathenaia
Who was the panathenaia for,
What did the panathenaia celebrate,
Who is believed to of founded the...
8
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The Programme Of Events
What are the events for the eight...,
What was one the first day,
What was on the second day
9
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Rhapsodix And Musical Contests
What was the first event,
What verses where recurred,
What where rhapsodes
6
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The Sporting Events
How many out of eight day where t...,
Could non athenians take part in ...,
Where women allowed to compete in...
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The Stadion And Wrestling
What was the station,
Who was believed to have introduc...,
What did competitors aims to do i...
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Boxing, Pankration And Pentathlon
Was ancient boxing the same as mo...,
What would competitors of boxing ...,
What was the objective of boxing
10
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Equestrain Events
When did the equestrian events ta...,
What where the events,
What was the sim of the mounted j...
6
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Tribal Contests
How many events where in the trib...,
Who could compete in the tribal c...,
What was the first of the four ev...
5
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All- Night Celebration, Procession And Sacrifice
Where and when did the all night ...,
What was the torch race,
What would each competitor of the...
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The Panathenaic Procession And The Parthenon
Where is the panathenaic processi...,
Where does the procession start,
What routes does the procession f...
3
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The Sacrifice
When did the sacrifice begin,
What created a sence of belonging,
What was sacrificed
4
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The City Dionysia: Origins
What are the two names for the fe...,
When was the festival founded,
When did the date coincide with
7
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The Santuary Of Dionysus
Where was the sanctuary of dionysus,
What did the sanctuary contain,
How does the sanctuary show the c...
5
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The City Dionysia: Officials
How did the organisation of the f...,
What was one of the most importan...,
Who was the oponymous archon
6
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The City Dionysia: Participants
Was the city dionysia elitist,
What is some good evidence of the...,
How could the tragic and coming p...
6
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The City Dionysia: Programme Of Events
What happened in the first day,
What happened on the second day,
What happened in the third and fo...
4
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Pompe, Dithyrambic Contests, Komos
What happened on the morning of t...,
What accompanied the procession,
What did the process resemble
11
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The Citu Dionysia: Opening Ceremony And The Comedies
What happened at the beginning of...,
How would the proceedings start,
Where the theatrical contests free
6
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The City Dionysia: Comedy
When did comedy develop and why i...,
What where themes of comedies,
What would characters in comedies...
6
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The City Dionysia: The Tragedies And Prize Giving
How where tragedies performed,
What was each day devoted to what...,
What where tragedies inspired by
12
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The Lupercalia: Origins Of The Festival+ Officials
What are the origins of the festival,
Who was lupercus,
How does the festival also honour...
6
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The Lupercalia: The Programme
What happened at the beginning of...,
What did the cave contain,
What where the luperci divided into
4
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The Lupercailia: The Sacrifice
What did the luperci sacrifice in...,
Why where the specific animals ch...,
How where the animals sacrificed
6
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The Lupercailia: The Race
Was the race public,
What did the race involve,
What did the runners do as they r...
3
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The Saturnalia: Origins Of The Festival
Who was the saturnalia in honor of,
What where the three things the f...,
Who took part in the festival
5
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The Saturnallia: Officials
Where was the saturnallia,
Who where the reg looks offials p...,
Who long where religious official...
4
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The Saturnali: The Programme + The Sacrifice
What is an issue with trying to r...,
What do we know for certain about...,
What did the suspension of busine...
5
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The Saturnalia: Public Feast
What did the state do after the s...,
What does the fact the senate pai...,
What did the feast include
3
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The Saturnalia: Private Feasting
What did the private feasting pro...,
What did the festival promote,
How would masters support the ide...
5
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Lapiths And Centaurs
Who where the lapiths,
Who where the lapiths originally ...,
What is the story between ixion a...
6
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The Battle Between The Lapiths And Centaurs
What was the centauromachy,
Where did the centauromachy take ...,
How does the story of the centaur...
8
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The Centauromachy And Greece
Who did the greeks defeat and whe...,
How where the persians sheen,
What is the centauromachy therefo...
3
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The Cenauromachy And Athens
Did the centuaromchy hold siginif...,
What happened to the old temple o...,
What could the inclusion of the c...
4
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The Centauromchy And The Parthenon
How many metops out of the total ...,
Are the metope in good condition,
Who sculpted the metopes
7
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Easily Recognisable, Realism And Filling The Space
Is it easy for the sculptor to us...,
How could we analyze a scene with...,
How where the metops positioned
7
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The Amazons
Who where the amazons,
What where the amazons like,
How did the amazons repopulate
4
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The Battles Between The Greeks And Amazons
What is the amazonomachy,
What are the two great battles be...,
What did the amazonomachy come to...
4
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The Amazonomachy And Bassae
Where was bassae,
Where is the amazonomachy freize,
What is significant about the ama...
10
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Easily Recognisable, Realism And Filling The Space
What where the three criteria scu...,
How can we analyze the easily rec...,
How does the sculptor create realism
4
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Rome: Augustus
When was augustus born and and wh...,
What did august do in his early life,
What happened when augustus was 19
15
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The Architecture Of Augustan Rome
What where augustus four goals fo...,
Expand on recreating the golden a...,
Expand on the pax romana
5
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The Augustus Of Prima Porta
What is the version of the prima ...,
Where would it of been displayed,
Who was the prima poets commissio...
5
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Analyzing The Prima Porta
What was the prima ports based on,
What was the sculptor that the pr...,
How did the sculptor change the s...
10
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The Ara Pacis
What does the ara pacis mean,
When and why was the ara pacis co...,
What had augutus done in gaul and...
3
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Ara Pacis: The Altar And The Encloused Wall
What was on the altar,
What are the scenes on the altar,
What is the ara pacis made from
11
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The Easy Freize, North Freize And South Freize
What is depicted in the eastern f...,
What do the north and south freiz...,
What does the northern freize depict
4
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Greek: Preparation Of The Body
Was death important to the greeks,
Did everyone receive a proper bur...,
Once the person died what happened
10
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Greek: Funerary Procession
When did the ekphora take place,
What was the ekphora,
What happened in the ekphora
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Greek: Burial Of The Body
Where would the deceased be burie...,
In athens where was the main buri...,
What happens when the body reache...
10
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Greek: Festivals For The Dead And The Ancestors
Beyond private funerals how else ...,
What was the first festival in gr...,
What did the anthesteria celebrate
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Rome
Was it important for the dead to ...,
Did everyone in rome get a burial,
Where would romans be buried
4
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Wealth And Status In Rome
Was wealth and status important i...,
How would wealthy families treat ...,
What was the main option for less...
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Rome: Preperation Of The Body
Where roman burial practices simi...,
What would romans try and do righ...,
What happened after the deceased ...
4
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Rome: Funerary Procession
When would the funeral take place,
Who was involved in the procession,
What would members of the family ...
6
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Rome: Burial Of The Body
What would happen once the body w...,
What would a wealthy person be bu...,
Where did the romans build their ...
7
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Rome: The Parentalia
When did the parentalia take place,
What happened during this period,
What happens during the festival
4
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Rome: The Lemuria
When was the lemuria,
What was permitted during the fes...,
What did the lemuria aim to do
4
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The Underworld Background Info
Who were the two gods that could ...,
Who could travel to the underworl...,
Why were myths surrounding the un...
3
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What Were The Homeric Hymns
What was the homeric hymn to demeter,
Why are they called homeric hymns,
Who is believed to be the author ...
5
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Themes
What are the two main themes in t...,
How does the poet make it appealing,
What did demeter do
3
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The Entrapment Of Persephone: Lines 1-8
What does this section of the poe...,
Who does the poet refer to as dem...,
What did persephone do
6
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The Abduction Of Persephone: Lines 19-39
What does hades do,
Who did persephone call upon,
Who heard her cries for help
5
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Demeter Searches For Persephone: Lines 40-89
What does demeter do,
How many days does demeter search...,
What does hecate tell demeter aft...
5
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Demeters Lament: Lines 90-104
What does demeter do after hearin...,
What does she do as she laments,
What does she do after
3
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Demeters Rage And Zeus’ Intervention: Lines 301-334
What does the completion of the t...,
What does demeter do in her anger,
What did demeter intend to do
4
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Zeus’ Appeal To Hades: Lines 335-385
What does zeus do and why,
What does hermes focus on in his ...,
How does hades react to hermes me...
6
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Demeter And Persephone Reunited: Lines 386-474
What happens after persephone lea...,
What does demeter do,
How do the greeks explain the sea...
5
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Orpheus
What were orpheus origins,
Who were his parents,
What did apollo give orpheus
9
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Orpheus’ Wdding And Eurydice’s Death: Lines 1-10
What where some ill omens at the ...,
What happens to eurydice,
How does eurydice die
3
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Orpheus’ Journey To The Underworld: Lines 11-39
What does orpheus decide to do,
When does he enter through,
Who does he come across and what ...
7
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Pluto’s Answer And The Tragedy Of Eurydice: Lines 40-64
What happens when several men hea...,
What do pluto and proserpina do,
What where the rules if eurydice ...
4
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